A Windows 8 PC that can be used in a tablet mode? Those will come a dime a dozen this fall. But what's fascinating is how each PC maker has approached the challenge of mixing a touchscreen with a more ...

Windows 8 notebooks and tablets have come in all form-factors at IFA, but Dell's XPS 12 Duo is – with its rotating display – perhaps the most eye-catching of the bunch. Dell kept the 12-inch ultrabook ...

The influx of ultrabook and tablet convertibles inspired by Windows 8 means more than enhanced functionality for consumers; it also means the likelihood of buying and toting around less devices. On ...

Consumers are increasingly gravitating toward so-called "convertible" laptops — that is, tablets that attach to a keyboard, giving users the best of both worlds. Dell's new XPS 12 is no exception, at ...

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Dell has just announced a new Windows 2-in-1 tablet computer called XPS 12, which uses a series of magnets to turn into a laptop, along with a refresh of its existing XPS 13 and XPS 15 laptops. If the ...

If the Dell XPS 12's design looks familiar, that's because you've probably seen it before. Dell pioneered the unique swiveling screen in 2010 as the Inspiron Duo, a hybrid Windows 7 laptop and tablet.

We first reviewed the Dell XPS 12 back in 2012, when Windows 8 had just come out and touchscreens on PCs weren't yet standard. It had a weird design, but it worked: a screen that flipped around inside ...

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